How to download minecraft for Linux [duplicate]

I am trying to download Minecraft at minecraft.net. It says please download Java (Please use Oracles JVM). What does that mean? If I have that installed and I have minecraft.jar file installed, what do I do then?

1 Answer

Type in terminal

sudo apt-get install default-jre

If you want the latest version of java (Java 8) Then type in terminal this:

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

After you installed it press right click on it (The Minecraft.jar) then "Open with" after that you choose what version you want Java 8 or Java 7